48 lines
1.7 KiB
Markdown
48 lines
1.7 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 46
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1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops;
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Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
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Your carriages were heavily loaded,
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A burden to the weary beast.
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2 They stoop, they bow down together;
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They could not deliver the burden,
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But have themselves gone into captivity.
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3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
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And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
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Who have been upheld by Me from birth,
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Who have been carried from the womb:
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4 Even to your old age, I am He,
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And even to gray hairs I will carry you!
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I have made, and I will bear;
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Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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5 “To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
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And compare Me, that we should be alike?
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6 They lavish gold out of the bag,
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And weigh silver on the scales;
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They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
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They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
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7 They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
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And set it in its place, and it stands;
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From its place it shall not move.
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Though one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
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Nor save him out of his trouble.
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8 “Remember this, and show yourselves men;
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Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
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9 Remember the former things of old,
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For I am God, and there is no other;
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I am God, and there is none like Me,
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10 Declaring the end from the beginning,
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And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
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Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
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And I will do all My pleasure,’
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11 Calling a bird of prey from the east,
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The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
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Indeed I have spoken it;
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I will also bring it to pass.
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I have purposed it;
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I will also do it.
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12 “Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted,
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Who are far from righteousness:
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13 I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
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My salvation shall not linger.
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And I will place salvation in Zion,
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For Israel My glory. |